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How many surgeries do surgeons complete in an average week?
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John’s Answer
The number of surgeries that a surgeon completes in a week will really depend on the type of surgeon. An orthopedic doctor will be fixing fractures or other problems with the bone. If they are only taking care of fractures on a given day, they could probably complete 8-10 surgeries in a given day. That same doctor will also sometimes have to fix a bad curve in somebody spine. That is an operation that can take all day.
A general surgeon who is covering an emergency room may have multiple patients who come in with gallbladder problems, infections of the appendix, a collection of pus in the skin that needs to be drained, and all these surgeries take less time. Again, depending on how quickly patient's come in and out of the operating room, because the operating room needs to be cleaned between surgeries, 8-10 small surgeries are possible in a given day.
It is important to note that many times that same surgeon is on call for emergencies, so they are in the hospital for 24 hours. Unlike other jobs that does not mean they are only working from 9 in the morning till 5 in the afternoon. The surgeries are occurring at all hours of the day.
This answer depends on where the surgeon is operating as well. In a major hospital there are surgeons of all different types performing surgeries all day. There are only so many operating rooms and each of those rooms needs to be thoroughly cleaned after each procedure.
There are other surgery centers where surgeons can perform a procedure, and moved to a different room, followed by a different room, while they are cleaning the other rooms. More surgeries can be done if you have more rooms. But keep in mind, surgeons do not always operate every day of the week. They are also in a clinic seeing patients to determine if they need surgery for a problem. That means, you are not operating every day of the week.
A general surgeon who is covering an emergency room may have multiple patients who come in with gallbladder problems, infections of the appendix, a collection of pus in the skin that needs to be drained, and all these surgeries take less time. Again, depending on how quickly patient's come in and out of the operating room, because the operating room needs to be cleaned between surgeries, 8-10 small surgeries are possible in a given day.
It is important to note that many times that same surgeon is on call for emergencies, so they are in the hospital for 24 hours. Unlike other jobs that does not mean they are only working from 9 in the morning till 5 in the afternoon. The surgeries are occurring at all hours of the day.
This answer depends on where the surgeon is operating as well. In a major hospital there are surgeons of all different types performing surgeries all day. There are only so many operating rooms and each of those rooms needs to be thoroughly cleaned after each procedure.
There are other surgery centers where surgeons can perform a procedure, and moved to a different room, followed by a different room, while they are cleaning the other rooms. More surgeries can be done if you have more rooms. But keep in mind, surgeons do not always operate every day of the week. They are also in a clinic seeing patients to determine if they need surgery for a problem. That means, you are not operating every day of the week.
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Praful’s Answer
It completely depends on expertise of surgeon and criticality of the surgery